Easy Company

The History of Easy Company

Formation

E Company, 506th, 101 airborne paratrooper regiment was a group of soldiers formed during the worldwide conflict of World War II. The United States Military was wanting the ability have thousands of soldiers dropped in on an enemy position by plane, and with a pay of fifty dollars higher than the army, recruits flooded in. The U.S. army wanted these men to be the toughest, strongest, best trained troops on the entire battlefield, and Easy Company did not dissapoint. After two years of training, Easy company, and the rest of the 101 and 82nd airborne troops were waiting for the night of june fifth, where they were dropped into the areas surrounding the Normandy beaches, where thousands of troo